Older interracial couples

The latest Newsbeat documentary, Interracial Couples: Our Stories, gives a snapshot of life in an interracial relationship in We hear couples' experiences, from the good and the bad to the straight up awkward. Ian, from Great Yarmouth, was introduced to Gigi, from the Philippines, by a friend. The problem was that she was based in Hong Kong and he was in England.

But each entered separately. First went Ms. Rodriquez, a fair-skinned woman who traces her roots to Mexico. Watson, who is black, waited several minutes before going in and sitting next to her. Watson said one recent afternoon.

This is part of a Pew Research Center series of reports exploring the behaviors, values and opinions of the teens and twenty-somethings that make up the Millennial Generation. Over the last several decades, the American public has grown increasingly accepting of interracial dating and marriage. This shift in opinion has been driven both by attitude change among individuals generally and by the fact that over the period, successive generations have reached adulthood with more racially liberal views than earlier generations. Millennials are no exception to this trend: Large majorities of to year olds express support for interracial marriage within their families, and the level of acceptance in this generation is greater than in other generations. This high level of acceptance among Millennials holds true across ethnic and racial groups; there is no significant difference between white, black and Hispanic Millennials in the degree of acceptance of interracial marriage.

Browse the profiles of influential couples around the world or visualize some of their stories through an infographic. On July 11, , newlyweds Richard and Mildred Loving were asleep in bed when three armed police officers burst into the room. The couple were hauled from their house and thrown into jail, where Mildred remained for several days, all for the crime of getting married.